Infrastructure Read
The party must keep the government funded, stave off a default, push a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to President Biden and secure the votes for a defining climate change and social policy bill.
The move amounts to a gamble that liberals who have balked at allowing the infrastructure bill to move on its own will support it in a vote on Thursday.
“What the country really needs is some sort of Biden-Get-Your-Groove-Back campaign.”
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced that the House would take up the $1 trillion bill on Thursday, hours before government funding is scheduled to lapse.
The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done?
The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done?
An infrastructure vote had already been planned for Monday, and top Democrats said they also intended to take up their larger social policy and climate package.
The infrastructure bill could reshape priorities across the country, jump-starting critical projects that stalled over funding. These are some of the possibilities.
With moderates insisting that the cost of the measure dip below $3.5 trillion, Democrats have a number of options for scaling back their plan. None of them are easy.
A lot of what they think they know just isn't so.
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